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Here’s the October, 2018 Special Days list! It’s filled with holidays, observances, food themes, awareness days , historic figures and authors birthdays, science and historic based anniversaries, and even some spooky stuff! If you’re looking for something seasonal and fun to include in your lesson plans, a day to celebrate, or special foods to add to your menu, this list will give you some awesome ideas!

Resources for teaching through October, including a PDF of October’s Special Days, can be found at the end of this list.

October’s Themes, Awareness, and Observances

Adopt a Shelter Dog

AIDS Awareness

Animal Safety and Protection

Arts and Crafts

Arts and Humanities

Audiology Awareness

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Bat Appreciation

Birds of Prey

Bilingual Child

Blindness Awareness

Book

Breast Cancer Awareness

Bullying Prevention

Children’s Magazine

Chiropractic

Church Library

Class Reunion

Clocks

Computer Learning

Co-op Awareness

Crime Prevention

Cut Out Dissection

Cyber Security Awareness

Dental Hygiene

Depression Education and Awareness

Domestic Violence Awareness

Down Syndrome Awareness

Drum

Dyslexia Awareness

Emotional Intelligence Awareness

Emotional Wellness

Energy Management

Ergonomics

Eye Safety

Fair Trade

Feral Hog

Financial Planning

Free Thought

German-American Heritage

Global Diversity

Go On A Field Trip

Halloween Safety

Health Literacy

Improve Your Home

International Dinosaur

Liver Awareness

Kitchen and Bath

Medical Librarian

Menopause

Orthodontic Health

Pastor Appreciation Day

Prescription Errors Education and Awareness

Photographer Appreciation

Physical Therapy

Polish American Heritage

Positive Attitude

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness

Protect Your Hearing

Raptor Month

Reading Group

Right Brainers Rule

Roller Skating

Sarcastic Awareness

Self-Promotion

Spina Bifida Awareness

Squirrel Awareness

Stamp Collecting Month

Starman

Strategic Planning

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness

Walk To School

Window Covering Safety

Work and Family

World Animal

October’s Food Themes

Apple

Apple Jack

Bake and Decorate

Caramel

Cheese

Chili

Cookie

Country Ham

Cranberry

Eat Better, Eat Together

Eatable Roots

English Pudding

Farm to School

Pasta

Persimmons

Pizza

Popcorn Poppin’

Pork

Pumpkins

Rhizomes

Rhubarb

Sausage

Seafood

Spinach Lovers

Tackling Hunger

Vegetarian Awareness

Daily Specials for October, 2017(the * means that the special day does not fall on the same date each year)

Oct. 1

CD Player Day

Child Health Day * – 1st Mon.

President Jimmy Carter born 1924

Fire Pup Day

Homemade Cookies Day

International Day of Older Persons

Lace Day

Less Than Perfect Day

Model T Ford introduced 1908

Nigeria Independence Day 1960

People’s Republic of China National Day 1949

Raccoon Appreciation Day

Vegetarian Day

World Day of Bullying Prevention/Blue Shirt Day * – 1st Mon.

World Habitat Day * – 1st Mon.

Oct. 2

Custodial Workers Day

Farm Animals Day

Phileas Fogg Win a Wager Day

Mahatma Gandhi born 1869

Guardian Angels Day

Guinea Independence Day 1958

International Day of Non-violence

Comic Julius “Groucho” Marx born 1895

Name Your Car Day

Peanuts Comic first published 1950

Oct. 3

Balloons Around the World Day * – 1st Wed.

Bring Your Bible to School Day *

Butterfly and Hummingbird Day

Captain Kangaroo premier 1955

East and West Germany Re-unification 1990

Arthur James Herriot born 1916

Kids’ Goal Setting Day

Richard the Lionheart crowned King 1189

No Salt Week begins

SOS (distress code) established 1906

Techie’s Day

Blues Musician Stevie Ray Vaughn born 1954

Virus Appreciation Day

Walk to School Day * – 1st Wed.

Oct. 4

Blessing of the Animals Day

Cinnamon Roll Day

Frappe Day

Golf Day

President Rutherford Hayes born 1822

Improve Your Office Day

St. Francis Day

Lesotho Independence Day 1966

Sputnik launched 1957

Author, Edward Stratemeyer born 1862

Ten-Four Day

World Animal Day

World Space Week begins

Oct. 5

President Chester Arthur born 1829

Denim Day * – 1st Fri.

Diversity Day * – 1st Fri.

Do Something Nice Day

Physicist Robert Hutchings Goddard born 1882

Jarrow March 1936

Stop Bullying Day

Story Telling Weekend * – 1st Fri.

World Smile Day *- 1st Fri.

World Teachers Day

Oct. 6

Card Making Day * – 1st Sat.

Come and Take It Day

Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend *

Frugal Fun Day * – 1st Sat.

German-American Day

Mad Hatter Day

William Tyndale martyred 1536

Inventor George Westinghouse born 1846

Oct. 7

First “American Bandstand” Broadcast 1952

Animal Welfare Week * – 1st full week

Physicist Niels Bohrs born 1885

Carry a Tune Week * – week with the 7th

Change A Light Day – * 1st Sun.

Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered Catalina Island 1542

Fire Prevention Week begins * – week with the 9th

Get Organized Week * – 1st full week

Great Books Week * – 1st full week

Inter-generation Day* – 1st Sun.

Metric Week * – week with the 10th

Mystery Series Week * – 1st full week

Work From Home Week * – 1st full week

World Communion Day * – 1st Sun.

Oct. 8

Canadian Thanksgiving * – 2nd Mon.

Cephalopod Awareness Days (8-10)

Great Chicago Fire 1871

Columbus Day * – 2nd Mon.

Activist Jesse Jackson born 1941

Native American Day * – 2nd Mon.

Pierogy Day

Spinning and Weaving Week* – Mon. of first full week

Touch Tag Day

Alvin C. York Day

Oct. 9

Chess Day

Cupcake Day

Curious Events Day

Leif Erikson Day

Fire Prevention Day

First 2-way Telephone Conversation 1876

Musician John Lennon born 1940

Moldy Cheese Day

Pro-Life Cupcake Day

Uganda Independence Day 1962

Washington Monument opened 1888

World Post Day

Oct. 10

Angel Food Cake Day

Bring Your Teddy Bear To Work & School Day * – 2nd Wed.

Cake Decorating Day

Emergency Nurses Day * – 2nd Wed.

Fiji Independence Day 1970

International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction * – 2nd Wed.

Author James Marshall born 1942

Metric Day

Republic of China/Taiwan National Day 1949

Top Spinning Day * – 2nd Wed.

World Mental Health Day

Oct. 11

Apollo 7 launched 1968

Boer War Began 1880

Coming Out Day

It’s My Party Day

Remember Forever Day

Eleanor Roosevelt born 1884

World Sight Day * – 2nd Thurs.

Oct. 12

Cookbook Launch Day

Egg Day * – 2nd Fri.

Fossil Day

Freethought Day

Moment of Frustration Day

Old Farmer’s Day

Star Spangled Banner First Sung 1814

Oct. 13

Earth Science Week begins

English Language Day

Greenwich Mean Time established 1884

Fall Astronomy Day *

Patriot Molly Pitcher born 1754

Skeptics Day

Margaret Thatcher born 1925

White House Construction began 1792

US Navy Established 1775

Universal Music Day * – 2nd Sat.

Oct. 14

Battle of Hastings 1066

Be Bald and Free Day

Chestnut Week * – 2nd full week

Clergy Appreciation Day * – 2nd Sun.

Dessert Day

President Dwight Eisenhower born 1890

Food Bank Week * – week of the 16th

William Penn born 1644

Photographic Film patented 1884

Wolf Awareness Week *- 2nd full week

Oct. 15

1st Manned Balloon Flight (tethered), 1783

Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day * – 3rd Mon.

Grouch Day

Handwashing Day

I Love Lucy Premier 1951

International Day of Rural Women

Poetry Day

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day

School Lunch Week * – 2nd full week

Veterinary Technician Week begins

White Cane Safety Day

Oct. 16

Marie Antoinette executed 1793

Boss’ Day * – Closest weekday to the 16th

Dictionary Day

Learn A Word Day

Nuclear Science Week *

Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity * – 3rd Tues.

Noah Webster born 1758

World Food Day

Oct. 17

African American Poetry Day

Eradication of Poverty Day

Hagfish Day * – 3rd Wed.

Author Arthur Miller born 1915

Mulligan Day

Wear Something Gaudy Day

Oct. 18

Alternative Fuel Day

Chocolate Cupcake Day

Get Smart About Credit Day * – 3rd Thurs.

No Beard Day

Saint Luke’s Day

World Menopause Day

Oct. 19

Cave Painting discovered in Verona, Italy 2000

Author/Illustrator Ed Emberly born 1931

Evaluate Your Life Day

Electric Light Bulb Introduced 1879

Revolutionary War ends 1781

Oct. 20

Baseball’s Mickey Mantle born 1931

Bridge Day * – 3rd Sat.

Information Overload Day

Monster Mash Day

Sloth Day

Sweetest Day * – 3rd Sat.

Architect Sir Christopher Wren born 1632

Oct. 21

Apple Day

Babbling Day

Battle of Trafalgar 1805

Bullying Bystanders Unite Week * – 3rd full week

Character Counts Week * – 3rd full week

Chemistry Week * – 4th week

Count Your Buttons Day

Freedom of Speech Week * – 3rd full week

Friends of the Library Week * – 3rd full week

Forest Products Week * – 3rd Sun

Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder Prevention Day

1st Light Bulb 1879

Massage Therapy Week * – last full week

Inventor Alfred Nobel born 1833

Peace, Friendship, & Goodwill Week * – last full week

Pumpkin Cheesecake Day

Reptile Awareness Day

Save For Retirement Week *

Oct. 22

Daniel Boone born 1734

CAP LOCKS DAY

Everyone Writes Day

Nut Day

School Bus Safety Week * – Mon. of 3rd full week

Stuttering Awareness Day

Oct. 23

Battle of Edgehill 1642

Capistrano Day

iPod Day

Mole Day

Pele (soccer champion) born 1940

Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day

TV Talk Show Host Day

Oct. 24

Bologna Day

Disarmament Week begins (UN)

Food Day

Medical Assistants Recognition Day * – Wed. of 3rd full week

United Nations Day

World Development Information Day

Zambia Independence Day 1964

Oct. 25

Charge of the Light Brigade 1854

Saint Crispin’s Day

Magic Week begins

Pasta Day

Artist Pablo Picasso born 1881

Punk for a Day Day

Punky Night * – last Thurs.

Sourest Day

Oct. 26

Erie Canal opened 1825

Gun Fight at the OK Corral 1881

Hillary Clinton born 1947

Frankenstein Day * – last Fri.

Make a Difference Day * – 4th Fri.& Sat.

Mincemeat

Mule Day

National Pumpkin Day

Red Cross Founded 1836

Oct. 27

Explorer James Cook born 1728

Cranky Co-Workers Day

International Creation Day *

Navy Day

President Theodore Roosevelt born 1858

St Vincent and Grenadines Independence Day 1979

Tell A Story Day

Oct. 28

Chocolates Day

Mother-In-Law Day * – 4th Sun.

Plush Animal Lover’s Day

St. Jude’s Day

Physician Jonas Salk born 1914

Statue of Liberty dedicated 1886

Oct. 29

Cat Day

Gateway to the West (St. Louis Arch) completed 1965

Hermit Day

Internet Day

Oatmeal Day

The New York Stock Exchange crashed (beginning of The Great Depression) 1929

I make my monthly special days calendars by using several sources including old calendars, holiday books, newspapers, and the web. If you know of a special day that I do not have listed, please comment and let me know what it is so I can add it in. Below are the links to my favorite online calendars.